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Application: Modern uses include camphor as insect repellent, as an antimicrobial agent.

Camphor used topically to relieve pain and reduce the itch, for the treatment of fungal infections of the fingernails, warts, cold sores, hemorrhoids, in osteoarthritis, abscesses, burns, frostbite, eczema, psoriasis.

In some folk camphor is used to prevent snakes and other reptiles, because of its strong smell. Similarly, camphor is believed to be toxic to insects, and sometimes used as a repellent. Camphor is readily absorbed through the skin to give cooling sensation similar to that of menthol and acts as a mild local anesthetic. Although touted as cough suppressants, it has no effect on the respiratory tract function.